About the Author
Jerome David SalingerJ.D. Salinger was born and grew up in the fashionable apartment district of Manhattan, New York.
In June 1955, at the age of 36, Salinger married Claire Douglas
Salinger's early short stories appeared in such magazines as Story, where his first story was published in 1940, Saturday Evening Post and Esquire, and then in the New Yorker, which published almost all of his later texts.
Salinger inspired many other others and important people through his work.
Raised in Manhattan, Salinger began writing short stories while in secondary school, and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. In 1948 he published the critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" in The New Yorker magazine, which became home to much of his subsequent work. In 1951 Salinger released his novel The Catcher in the Rye, an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonistHolden Caulfield was influential, especially among adolescent readers.[1] The novel remains widely read and controversial,[2] selling around 250,000 copies a year.
Jeremone David Salinger
J.D. Salinger was born and grew up in the fashionable apartment district of Manhattan, New York
About the Author
Jerome David SalingerJ.D. Salinger was born and grew up in the fashionable apartment district of Manhattan, New York.
In June 1955, at the age of 36, Salinger married Claire Douglas
Salinger's early short stories appeared in such magazines as Story, where his first story was published in 1940, Saturday Evening Post and Esquire, and then in the New Yorker, which published almost all of his later texts.
Salinger inspired many other others and important people through his work.
Raised in Manhattan, Salinger began writing short stories while in secondary school, and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. In 1948 he published the critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" in The New Yorker magazine, which became home to much of his subsequent work. In 1951 Salinger released his novel The Catcher in the Rye, an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield was influential, especially among adolescent readers.[1] The novel remains widely read and controversial,[2] selling around 250,000 copies a year.
Jeremone David Salinger
J.D. Salinger was born and grew up in the fashionable apartment district of Manhattan, New York